#287 - What is arrogance?
“Those who enter this circle, die!”
Wei Changtian wasn't Sun Wukong, and didn't have the ability to draw a circle on the ground to ward off demons and monsters.
However, his 'empty fort strategy' wasn't entirely a bluff.
If they came at him one by one, he could indeed kill anyone who dared to enter this circle.
But if the Great Feng soldiers rushed at him 'without any martial virtue', then there was nothing he could do.
...
Fifty long sabers were embedded halfway into the ground, their hilts trembling slightly.
Seeing these fifty sabers that suddenly appeared from nowhere, everyone's eyes widened instantly, and the soldiers nearby retreated repeatedly, seemingly terrified of these refined steel long sabers.
First, he defeated a Rank 2 expert with one move, and then there was the scabbard that seemed to possess spatial abilities.
In a short period of time, Wei Changtian had twice subverted their understanding of this world, and even Meng Shi didn't know whether his previous guess was right or wrong.
But he had to react.
“Young Master Wei...”
Taking a deep breath, Meng Shi looked over with a complex expression, while also taking another step forward, only half a step away from the nearest long saber.
“I know that the Wei family has long had grievances with the Great Ning court, and the Wei family didn't participate in the war in Yuanzhou.”
“Therefore, there is really no need for you and me to fight to the death.”
“Why don't you and I each take a step back.”
“General Liang must stay, but how about Young Master taking Lady Liang away?”
“...”
From 'no one can leave', to now only handing over Liang Zhen.
Wei Changtian's series of actions had indeed achieved some effect, but he certainly couldn't abandon Liang Zhen.
“General Meng, how my Wei family gets along with the Great Ning court is none of your concern.”
“I must take these two people away today, even the Heavenly King himself can't stop me.”
“As for you saying we'll fight to the death... General Meng, do you think you're the fish, or the net?”
Licking his lips, Wei Changtian suddenly started walking slowly towards Meng Shi, stopping half a step behind the long saber.
At this moment, the two of them were one inside the circle and one outside, separated by only one step.
But Wei Changtian acted as if nothing was happening, simply playing with the Shadow Leak Saber in his hand, while smiling with an almost lazy attitude:
“General Meng, I think you are the fish.”
“And I also think that the net... can't be broken.”
“...”
“Clang clang clang clang!!”
“Crack crack crack!”
Along with these provocative words, countless Black Armored Army soldiers immediately turned red in the face and drew their weapons, their crossbows fully drawn, all aimed at Wei Changtian.
However, the latter still looked at Meng Shi calmly, without even looking around.
“General Meng, I really don't get along with Ning Yongnian.”
“So I won't become an enemy of Great Feng for him, let alone for the Great Ning court or the people of Great Ning.”
“But for these two people, I don't mind going on a killing spree once.”
“General Meng, if you don't think I can do it, then try it.”
“If you don't dare to try, then you should just...”
“Scram.”
“...”
The word 'scram' wasn't loud, but it was extremely piercing, and it deeply hurt the self-esteem of the Great Feng soldiers.
Meng Shi, as a Rank 2 expert and the commander of an army, had never been humiliated like this before, and he immediately felt a surge of hot blood rushing to his head, instantly turning his eyes red.
“Hahaha! Good!”
“Then I will try!!!”
In the roar of laughter turning into anger, all worries and fears were drowned out by anger at this moment, and his right hand suddenly gripped the hilt of his saber tightly, ready to tear Wei Changtian into pieces to repay this great humiliation.
However, before he could really make a move, another equally furious black shadow suddenly leaped high from outside the circle behind Wei Changtian.
“General! You don't need to do it!”
“This humble general will kill this brat!!”
“Roar!!”
A dazzling cyan light flashed, and a tiger head with a white forehead and glaring eyes, mixed with the power of 'momentum', suddenly swooped down from mid-air towards Wei Changtian.
This tiger head wasn't very realistic, but it was terrifying enough. Through the majestic and surging outline of inner force, one could vaguely see the man in silver general armor thrusting with a halberd.
The move contained 'momentum', so this person was undoubtedly in the Upper Three Ranks.
And he was wearing silver armor, so he was probably someone like a lieutenant general in the Great Feng army.
“...”
From the moment Wei Changtian uttered the last word 'scram', to the man忍unbearably launching a surprise attack.
This process seemed long, but in reality, it only took three short breaths.
Looking at the fierce tiger that had instantly rushed from outside the circle to the center of the circle, less than ten feet away from Wei Changtian, Meng Shi temporarily suppressed his urge to attack, wanting to see if Wei Changtian could once again display the move that had just 'killed' him.
And the answer was undoubtedly yes.
“Swish!”
Without even turning his head, Wei Changtian simply raised the Shadow Leak and waved it lightly behind him.
The Divine Strike, which should have hit Meng Shi, changed its target and turned into a sword energy that instantly collided with the oncoming tiger head.
“Rumble!!!”
The air surged, blowing away countless gravel, and the strong wind shook countless long sabers and crossbows, and even stirred up the crowd's armor, making a '铮铮' sound.
When Wei Changtian completed the achievement of 'a real man never looks back at the explosion', behind him, a headless corpse crashed to the ground first, followed by a human head with wide eyes.
“Thump!”
“Glug glug...”
The lieutenant general who had been fierce and vowed to kill Wei Changtian the second before was dead beyond dead. His head rolled twice with blood flowing, and then there was no movement.
The strong wind gradually subsided, and there was really no movement.
Even the breathing and heartbeats of tens of thousands of people seemed to stop at this moment.
“...”
In the perspective of most people, Wei Changtian had only 'defeated' Meng Shi with one move just now, which was shocking enough, but the impact was still slightly lacking.
But at this moment, Wei Changtian really killed a lieutenant general in the Third Rank with one saber.
“I said, those who enter this circle, die...”
Wei Changtian, in the center of everyone's sight, put the Shadow Leak back into its scabbard, and while speaking, he bent down in full view and pulled up the long saber between him and Meng Shi from the ground.
And then...
He gently stepped forward a few steps, brushed past Meng Shi, and stood one step behind the latter, raising his saber.
Meng Shi turned his head in horror, but found that Wei Changtian was not going to slash at him, but instead pointed the saber downwards, actually stabbing the saber back into the ground!
“This, this is...”
At this moment, Meng Shi suddenly understood what Wei Changtian was going to do.
A look of panic appeared on his face for the first time, and he suddenly exerted force under his feet, turning into a black shadow and retreating further back.
“Puchi!”
The long saber was once again nailed into the ground, extending the circle that Wei Changtian had previously 'drawn' by half a zhang.
Apart from Wei Changtian, Liang Zhen, and Liang Qin, there was still no one else inside the circle.
